Re: [Usability] Tab Shortcut behavior

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 31 Jul 2009, at 18:46, Allan Day wrote:

> Calum Benson wrote:
> > One option would be to
> > implement the stop-with-beep behaviour only when accessibility is
> > turned on, and just wrap around when it is turned off.
>
> > Another would
> > be to always have the stop-with-beep behaviour, but allow it to be
> > overridden with a second keypress in the same direction.
>
> My vote would be for this option. You still get the convenience of  
> being
> able to move from the end to the beginning of your tabs, but with  
> better
> feedback about where you are in the list.

A third option that was mentioned later in the thread was to beep but  
wraparound anyway, which also sounds like a potentially reasonable  
compromise...

Cheeri,
Calum.

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